medwis

From med- ((often with negative connotation) middle-) +‎ wīs. Compare Modern English midwit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedˌwiːs/

medwīs

1. not wise, foolish, stupid
   • c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:

     Sē þēah biþ on þonce · þeġne mīnum,
     medwīsum men, · mē þæt sylfe,
     þǣr wiht wite, · ond wordum mīn
     on spēd mæġe · spel ġeseċġan.

     It is, however, grateful to my servant,
     half-wit folks, even to myself, if a thing
     would know and could tell successfully
     my tale with words.

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “med-wís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.